Session 12 - General Session

Finance Chair, FOCUS Board; Retired CEO, RE/MAX;
Chair, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Denver Branch

Margaret Kelly was responsible for the day to day operations and strategic direction of RE/MAX across North America and in more than 95 countries around the world. During her 28 years at RE/MAX, the company grew from 14,000 to nearly 120,000 sales professionals.

Margaret currently serves as the Director and Chair of the Grants Committee for the Daniels Fund, the Director of the Realty One Group, and the Vice President of the Denver Chapter of Legatus.

She has been recognized by countless organizations for exceptional leadership skills, commitment to community involvement and for being an advocate for businesswomen around the globe. Most people know Margaret as the CEO who talked candidly about the real estate market on television with guest appearances on CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg and Fox programs and as the spokesperson on the RE/MAX television commercials during the real estate recession.

Joining RE/MAX in 1987 as a financial analyst, Margaret rose through the ranks of the company. She was named SVP in 1997, President/COO in 2002, and CEO in 2004. In 2013, Margaret was the lead on the RE/MAX IPO which began publicly trading on the New York Stock Exchange as RMAX on October 3, 2013. In January 2010, Margaret was appointed Director of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Board – Denver Branch and became Chairman in January 2015. Margaret is mindful of her humble roots, learning business basics working in her family’s machine shop in Detroit.